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Avid Fast Track Solo with Pro Tools Express -Channel Audio Interface

3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
$275.00
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Compatible Devices Laptop, Personal Computer
Connectivity Technology USB
Number of Channels 4
Item Weight 2.21 Pounds

About this item

  • 2 Input/2 Output
  • Microphone Preamp with Phantom Power
  • Instrument Input
  • Pro Tools Express Software
  • AAX Native, RTAS, AudioSuite Support
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Product Description

Product Description

Features of Fast Track Solo include: Made for iOS (includes iOS cable) Includes Pro Tools Express and iLok 2 Bus-powered USB interface (1 mic pre and 1-1/4 inch. input) RCA unbalanced outputs Metal chassis Headphone out Phantom power Direct monitoring 24-bit/48kHz.

From the Manufacturer

Fast Track Solo--Personal Recording System for Mac, PC, and iPad

Sound Your Best

Designed for singer/songwriters, Fast Track Solo comes with everything you need to turn your Mac, PC, or iPad into a portable, easy-to-use songwriting and audio recording system. Featuring a high-quality mic preamp, instrument input, and Pro Tools Express software, the studio-grade Solo enables you to sound your best, providing an easy entry into Pro Tools, the music industry standard.

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Fast Track Solo comes equipped with the essential inputs and outputs you need. View larger

With Fast Track Solo, you have everything you need to showcase your talent in the highest quality. Capture great-sounding performances through studio-grade electronics and inputs using Pro Tools Express. Compose tracks with hundreds of amazing virtual instrument sounds. And polish and perfect your mixes with professional effects.

Get Everything You Need to Start Making Music
Record and compose with Pro Tools Express

Whether you want to capture ideas quickly, create professional-sounding recordings, or compose music electronically, Fast Track Solo offers an easy and affordable way to make music. Record and compose with Pro Tools Express using many of the same industry-leading recording, MIDI, and notation tools used to create your favorite albums and soundtracks. Or connect Solo to your iPad and use your favorite iOS audio apps to capture your creativity.

Connect and Control Your Gear

Fast Track Solo comes equipped with the essential inputs and outputs you need to plug in your gear and capture performances, including 2x2 channels of I/O to record a vocal and guitar simultaneously (at 24-bit/48 kHz resolution), one XLR mic input/preamp with 48V phantom power to capture great-sounding vocals, and one 1/4-inch instrument input to record your guitar or bass directly.

Create Wherever and However You Want

With Fast Track Solo, you gain unprecedented versatility to capture your creativity whenever and wherever it happens. Create with Pro Tools Express or another favorite DAW. Work on a Mac or PC. Record to your iPad with any iOS audio app for iPad. And with its compact size, Solo is an easy fit at home, in the studio, or on the go.

Get Reliability and Peace of Mind

Like all Avid products, Fast Track Solo goes through rigorous hardware and software testing to provide the performance and reliability you need to keep your creativity flowing. Plus, with its ultra-rugged, full metal chassis and reinforced jacks and controls, you gain extra protection against daily abuse and the unpredictable--no need to worry about damaging the interface when traveling.

Maximize Your Creativity and Power with Pro Tools

The included Pro Tools Express software will satisfy the creative needs of many aspiring pros. That said, you can crossgrade to industry-standard Pro Tools at a great discount whenever you're ready to take your talent to the next level.

What's in the Box

Avid Fast Track Solo interface, Pro Tools Express Activation Card (requires software activation and download), 6-foot USB cable (for Mac/PC connection), 3-foot Device Link cable (for iPad connection), USB iLok key (for Mac/PC software authorization), user guides and documentation.

Tested to provide the performance and reliability you need to keep your creativity flowing

System Requirements

Laptop or Desktop Comuter
  • Avid-qualified computer
  • Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher software or Windows 7 (with Service Pack 1)
  • 2GB of RAM (4GB recommended)
  • 5GB free hard disk space (for Pro Tools Express installation)
  • 2 USB ports for Fast Track Solo and iLok connections
iPad
  • iPad 2 or later or iPad mini*
  • Any iPad-compatible iOS audio recording app

*iPad (4th generation) and iPad mini require a Lightning to 30-pin adapter (sold separately).

Fast Track Family

Take your creativity to go. Fast Track is a line of portable, studio-grade USB audio interfaces that provide everything you need to turn your Mac, PC, or iPad into a complete songwriting and music recording system. Ideal for home, studio, and on-the-go creation, Fast Track offers an easy entry into Pro Tools, the music industry standard.

Fast Track Solo Fast Track Duo Record your guitar and vocals through a high-quality mic pre and instrument input. Capture vocals, instruments, and more through dual high-quality mic pres and inputs.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
3.8 out of 5
85 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the quality of the audio midi interface. They mention that the hardware and software is solid, reliable, and easy to use. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of use, sound quality, and performance.

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5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the audio midi interface. They mention that the hardware and software is solid, reliable, and easy to use. Some say that the product is awesome.

"...with a Rode NT1 mic and Sony studio headphones and am very very happy with the quality...." Read more

"Product was good...Interface was all in one pieceAnd all direction came.. Only thing..." Read more

"Excellent product. Easy connection to a PC or laptop for a guitar, mic, uke, etc. Like the virtually free Pro Tools audio software...." Read more

"...The price was affordable and the hardware and software is solid and reliable and easy to use." Read more

17 customers mention7 positive10 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the audio midi interface. Some mention that the installation was easy enough, making the work so much easier. However, others say that it was a pain in the butt to set up, overly complicated, difficult to install, and incompatible. They also mention that troubleshooting has pages and pages of instructions and that they have to pay for customer support.

"...The install was pretty scientific lol its overcomplicated too much...." Read more

"...The set up is a little tricky because of the iLock licenseing system, and downloading the protools express software, but once your passed that..." Read more

"Excellent product. Easy connection to a PC or laptop for a guitar, mic, uke, etc. Like the virtually free Pro Tools audio software...." Read more

"I returned this. It's outdated and overly complicated, difficult to install, and incompatible with a microphone that I already bought (and love)...." Read more

14 customers mention7 positive7 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the audio midi interface. Some mention that it works great when it works, while others say that the ilok it came with would not work properly. Some customers also mention that the interface flat out doesn't work and that it only works with ProTools boxes.

"...Now it all works fine. have just completed a 13 hour audiobook that sounds great." Read more

"...It just has less features. If you're new to DAWs, and you have a Mac, use garage band...." Read more

"...i think avid is getting lazy. the unit work good ." Read more

"...I don't want protools 12 because its a lot of money and only works with protools boxes...." Read more

8 customers mention4 positive4 negative

Customers are mixed about the sound quality of the audio midi interface. Some mention that it sounds great, and is a very good digital audio workstation, while others say that it doesn't play sound, and does not allow them to monitor their sound through their computer speakers. They also say that the product is outdated and requires an audio engineering degree to install.

"...Now it all works fine. have just completed a 13 hour audiobook that sounds great." Read more

"...link USB adapter from Beheringer, this product will not allow you to monitor your sound through your computer speakers when using Pro tools...." Read more

"...Protools is a very good digital audio workstation...." Read more

"...To run on a mac I had to buy a very old mac system. The unit doesn't playback, and I've asked experts at my school who know a ton about protools...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

Alan White
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2013
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I bought this to use narrating audiobooks and it has made the work so much easier! The set up is a little tricky because of the iLock licenseing system, and downloading the protools express software, but once your passed that everything just gets easier. The clarity of the signal through this device is so much better than my previous audio interface, and protools is a much more precise software app than Audacity. The only downsides for me are that because iLock is a usb drive with your software license key, the Avid Fastrack actually needs 2 usb ports to function, and I have a laptop with only 2 ports, so I need a usb hub to attach anything else like a mouse or external hard drive. And Protools only launches if the Avid Fastrack and iLock are connected, so while the Fast Track solo is a nice portable size I'd like it if I could take just the laptop when I am only editing tracks and not recording. Still these are minor downsides at most!
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Filmmonkey
4.0 out of 5 stars Great kit for home voice-over studio
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2014
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We needed to get a home voice-over studio up and running and this seemed to be a very good way of getting the USB interface with phantom power plus a copy of protools express. Running it with a Rode NT1 mic and Sony studio headphones and am very very happy with the quality. This small box only has one voice input and one instrument, so is fine for voice over or for adding in a guitar etc, but for anything more you'd want the bigger box.

I see a lot of reviews complaining about setup. To be honest there was about an hour of downloading various files and jumping back and forth from Avid and ILok (the company that makes the usb key), but it wasn't difficult. It would have been a problem if I'd been expecting to be up and running instantly (plug and play style). The biggest time suck was downloading the protools software but even that only took about half an hour and I'm on the slowest broadband speed that comcast offers.

We have been running the home studio with a basic (cheap) laptop for about a week and have discovered a glitch in that protools doesn't like writing to the system drive so after about 5 mins of recording you get drop-out then a system error. I've ordered a 7200rpm external drive and will report back on whether using that fixes the error.

UPDATE - using the external hard drive (USB 3.0) went a long way towards solving the audio glitches. Also used settings to ensure the buffer was as large as possible and unchecked the box that said 'ignore errors during playback'. Now it all works fine. have just completed a 13 hour audiobook that sounds great.
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CJ Wauben
5.0 out of 5 stars Love It!
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Love iT! Yea setting up the ilok and avid accounts is a pain, but otherwise I am totally happy! There are lots of recording software out there, but Pro Tools is the industry standard and for good reason. MY Advice to setting it up is watch this instruction video as you do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ6YPC_NT1I Also don't hesitate to call AVID customer service for help. Because I have Windows 8 and not Windows 7 I needed their help. So AVID customer service went into my computer (via the internet) while I was on the phone with them and renamed a folder and my problem was solved. As for learning how to use pro tools there are millions of tutorials out there to show you everything you need to know. I love this product!
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Stefan Magi Fionn
1.0 out of 5 stars I used in win7 and the problem was worse come to find out USB 3 is not supported ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2015
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I still use this since I can't afford something different. The reoccurring problem I keep having is the dredded blue screen of death while plugged in. I have this either every day I use or close to it. I use it in USB since the transfer and latency is ideal. I used in win7 and the problem was worse come to find out USB 3 is not supported with this and windows 7. Fine okay so I move to windows 8.1 now same problem just less frequent. This is my first interface and I specifically bought this because it came with protools express which I was stoked about when I received and ran program. Protools is a very good digital audio workstation. I was upset that the express version did not allow more than 16 tracks even though I have yet to hit that marker I don't like that limitation. The install was pretty scientific lol its overcomplicated too much. Another bummer is that protools does not support vst plugins which if you don't know about plugins you should know that not being able to use vst is a huge deal breaker for me. Unless your into spending thousands or hundreds more on aax plugins then get a different daw. There are thousands of VST's that are free so keep that in mind and protools can't use it. I'd assume that most people who are planning to buy this are songwriters or musicians etc. If you buy you will realise that everything is bottlenecked into milking your for money with endless plugins that you require. Wellto end the rrant with advice: buy a USB 3.0 audio interface with the inputs you need and functions etc. Also pay close attention to latency fund that out the lower the better. Then get reaper I got my copy for 60$ its lightweight easy on CPU able to use unlimited tracks and thousands of vst plugins. Trust me learn from my mistake and have a good day.
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DSullSD
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2016
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Will only work on older versions of OS10. Had to revert and downgrade OSX to Leopard to use.
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ema3890
2.0 out of 5 stars Pro Tool Express waste of money
Reviewed in Germany on November 29, 2016
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The package comes with a version of Pro Tools Express inside. This program is really not worth the money. It doesn't open if the soundcard is not connected. After downloading the virtual instruments included in the package, they don't work. The sound card is good but nothing special. If I had the chance to buy it again I would not do.
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Rosario Nasca
5.0 out of 5 stars Utiizzo per piccoli Home studio
Reviewed in Italy on January 3, 2016
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Scheda audio con rapporto qualità/prezzo eccezzionale, unico neo una versione di PT non al top, in compenso utilizzabile con qualsiasi software di editing audio-video, ottimo per lavori easy di studio.
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Manuel Francisco Ruiz
1.0 out of 5 stars No la recominendo. No trae Pro Tools 11
Reviewed in Spain on April 27, 2015
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Aunque lo indique la descripción, no viene con Pro Tools 11. Es una Fast Track Solo con la versión Pro Tools Express 10.3 la cual no es compatible con Os X Yosemite. Para mi decepción ni siquiera traía una tarjeta de actualización a la versión anunciada en la descripción del producto. Timo o errata?
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David Martin
3.0 out of 5 stars Super mais logiciel complexe
Reviewed in France on February 10, 2015
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Superbe finition mais alors le logiciel cela fait deux jours que je veut l'intaler je n'y arrive pas. S'adapte partout petit legé
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Dean Swift
1.0 out of 5 stars if only
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2013
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Pro tools is great software, but there are serious bugs worth knowing about. The main one is a widespread problem - just check the discussion boards - with the hardware not being recognised, or not located, by the software. The suggested fixes for this include not using wifi, emptying your login menu and much else besides. Applies to both mac and pc. Avid is not an especially useful source of help. You can flounder seriously and permanently trying to get the thing to run. It's a shame to give bad reviews for an otherwise good product, but if it won't run, it's as good as useless, and Avid needs persuading to do something more serious about it than simply telling you to make sure the hardware is properly connected, so that it runs dependably without the need to shut down half your computer and dump half your other applications.
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